US Frees Up Resources to Pursue Venezuela, Not Solve Homelessness
While American cities grapple with unprecedented homelessness and crumbling infrastructure, the US government, according to the BBC, is channeling its resources into chasing down a third Venezuelan oil tanker. This 'move comes days after President Donald Trump said that he was ordering a blockade,' framing it as a righteous act of enforcing sanctions. (Which, incidentally, have devastated the
Venezuelan economy and disproportionately harmed its citizens, according to academic institutions like Brown University's Cost of War Project , but who's counting human impact when there's an oil tanker to seize?) One might wonder if the US Constitution mentions anything about seizing foreign ships over addressing domestic crises. (Spoiler alert: it doesn't.) This isn't about protecting
'democracy'; it's about control over resources, a pattern as old as US foreign policy itself. From Chile's 1973 coup to the ongoing sanctions on Iran , any nation daring to control its own oil destiny often finds itself on the receiving end of Washington's 'concern.' The White House can hunt down an oil tanker but struggles to find affordable housing. Priorities, indeed.